On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Seems that Jesus is saying that God is more like the careless > > > sower, who doesn't consider the seeds precious enough to plant > > > carefully. > > > > "Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, > > and > > hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand." Matt 13:13. > > And the sad part is, in this case Jesus goes out of his way to clarify the > parable in Matt 13:18-23, and then to restate it from two different > perspectives in Matt:13:24-32. > > But that's OK... The disciples were similarly slow on the uptake, > especially > Peter--or at least, he was the one who took the risk of trying to > understand > what Jesus was saying, and so Jesus' frequent bewilderment at their lack of > understanding and subsequent explanations became a matter of record, to > save > us some puzzlement. > > I am just amazed that even with the clarifications and interpretations > Jesus > provided, people today still manage to completely blow it. > > I guess that's why he said "Let those who have ears to hear, hear it!" > (Matt > 13:9) > --------------------------------------------------------- I meet with a group on a weekly basis to try to delve into this an detail. I meet with another group who has a far better mentor in it and we take it from then to living it today. He is the principal of a subsidized Catholic elementary school. He has his PhD and is getting a second Masters for a certification for education. But the more I read and discuss the less I think that I get it, so having Peter who kept asking and or getting it straight I don't feel so out of place. ;-) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
